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Release Date:
March 11, 2020
Original Title:
La Bonne Épouse
Alternate Titles:
Den gode hustru
Hvordan bli en god kone
La Bonne Epouse
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
France 3 Cinéma
Imagine Films
Les Films du Kiosque
Memento Films Production
Orange Studio
uMedia
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M BR: 14 CH: 8 CZ: 15+ DE: 12 ES: 7 FR: TP HU: 16 KR: 12 LU: 12 NL: 12 PL: 12 SK: 12
Runtime: 108
Paulette Van Der Beck and her husband have been running the housekeeping school of Bitche in Alsace for many years. Their mission is to train teenage girls to become the perfect housewives at a time when women were expected to be subservient to their husband. After the sudden death of her husband, Paulette discovers that the school is on the verge of bankruptcy and has to take her responsibilities. But while preparations are underway for the best housekeeping competition TV show, she and her lively students start questioning their beliefs as the nation-wide protests of May 1968 transform society around them. Reunited with her first love, André, and with the help of her eccentric stepsister Gilberte and strict nun Marie-Therese, Paulette joins forces with the schoolgirls to overcome their suppressed status and become liberated women.
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Casting:
Brigitte Moidon
Marie-France Michel
Costume Design:
Madeline Fontaine
Dialogue Editor:
Valérie Le Docte
Director:
Martin Provost
Director of Photography:
Guillaume Schiffman
Editor:
Albertine Lastera
Executive Producer:
Adrian Politowski
First Assistant Director:
Juliette Maillard
Foley Artist:
Philippe van Leer
Foley Mixer:
Luc Thomas
Gaffer:
Loïc Limosin
Hairstylist:
Céline Vh
Morgane Salou
Key Makeup Artist:
Christophe Oliveira
Céline Planchenault
Original Music Composer:
Grégoire Hetzel
Producer:
Serge Hayat
Beata Saboova
François Kraus
Denis Pineau-Valencienne
Production Design:
Thierry François
Set Decoration:
Camille Bougon-Pigneul
Sound Mixer:
Brigitte Taillandier
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Emmanuel Croset
Supervising Sound Editor:
Ingrid Ralet
Wigmaker:
Dorothée Soual
Virginie Berland
Writer:
Martin Provost
Séverine Werba
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